Monday, June 28, 2010

And it works like a charm. This is a grandparents dream indeed. While talking to Hannah, the camera was switched to the front to show Nala which drew a quick reaction from her. The iPhone has a camera on both front and back that can be switched at anytime during a video chat.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Actually, they "gotcha" me. Today at my favorite annual Maui Slack Key Festival I was not allowed to go in because of my camera. This year they have a new rule to allow only pocket cameras. The 4 hour Hawaiian music festival is free to the public and attended by thousands of residents and tourists. So this time around I willingly turned around (like many of the disappointed photographers), drove back home and took a long nap instead. Yes, that's mo' betah! (Can you tell I'm a little bit ticked?)

Friday, June 11, 2010

We had a one day trip to Honolulu for our five minute, yes that's right, five minute fingerprinting appointment at the Immigration & Naturalization Office for our citizenship application. Thank goodness that's pretty much it for Uncle Sam's requirements and we suspect that we will be part of the traditionally large group of new Americans that would be sworn in this coming July 4th.

And of course the rest of the day was a brief stopover at Ala Moana Shopping Center and then our special time with Hannah once again!

Here Hannah was trying to pretend she is on the phone and mumbling some words that only she can understand; and a playtime shot with her Lola and "brother" Chai

Saturday, June 05, 2010

I've been trying to get a good shot at these birds in our backyard for the longest time. Either the stray cats chase them away almost immediately or they just simply fly out at the slightest movement from anywhere. Finally, today it was bullseye! This time around I was also armed with the right lens - my super fast F2.8 70-200mm Nikon